Messenger Pop-ups

[m3thod21]

anyone else get these annoying ass things...they pop up even when ur not surfin the net or have a browser open....i guess microsoft windows 2000 and xp come with this messenger service that businesses can use for ads....they are annoying as hell, anyone know of any ways to stop this?

http://www.4vsoft.com/index.html

[Ludeboy]

is it a messenger service chat box?
if so
goto control panel
admin tools
services
there should be MESSENGER
right click stop
then double click it
and choose disable on the STARTUP TYPE
hope this is what u asked for
late

[Jaggorri]

Win2k: Start-> Settings-> Control Panel-> Administrative Tools-> Services

Find Messanger, right click for Properties, set it to Manual, then disable the bitch.

I hate WinXP, so your on your own there.

Byron
Script Kiddie spammers are first on the list of enforced Darwinism when I take over he world.

[m3thod21]

damn i cant find an admin tools under the control panel for XP!!! any ideas?



nevermind found it!

[Fast2Seater]

"The Messenger service is normally used to transmit net send and Alerter service messages between clients and servers.
Recently it has been employed by marketers for sending unsolicited advertising popups (SPAM) over the Internet. This tweak allows you to disable this service. "

Disable it in XP the same way you do in 2K.

[buish]

read all about it.


http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/features/030429fe.htm